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Should the Guilty Die?
Opposing perspectives on death penalty as convicted killer of 10-year-old girl awaits sentence of life or death / 4
DM TROJAN
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
TUESDAY
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September 10, 2002
Of interest...
Cheap coffee and stellar bands help prepare GroundZero Coffeehouse for new season / 7
News Digest 2 Opinions 4
Roundup 6 Lifestyle 7
The Buzz 7 Classifieds 12
Crossword 13 Sports 16
vol. CXLVII, no. 10 www.dailytrojan.com
Not exactly Tlcketmaster: camping out for parking
7 slept here and thought it was the worst thing ever, but now it ’s the best because I don't have to park on the street anymore.
It's like Christmas"
JULIA BARON freshman business administration
Transportation: Several arrived as early as 7p.m. Sunday to beat the rush for permits in structures, lots
By REBECCA TEGAN
Contributing Writer
While most people were nestled snugly in their beds Sunday night, hundreds of their fellow Trojans camped out in front of the Transportation Services office in hopes of receiving one of the coveted parking permits still available.
Students, faculty and staff arrived as early as 7 p.m. Sunday to get one of about 700 spots being reissued. Despite sleeping on the sidewalk all night, many were elated to get permits.
"1 slept here and thought it was the worst thing ever, but now it's the best because I don’t have to park on
the street anymore,” said Julia Baron, who arrived at 10 p.m. Sunday and is a freshman majoring in business administration. “It’s like Christmas.” About 400 of the 700 are from canceled permits ordered online and never claimed. The rest are spots Transportation Services officials noticed during routine patrol that were not being used.
“This is the quickest and fairest option for reissuing permits to everyone,” said Brian d’Autremont, director of Transportation Services. “This method is supported by all campus groups and organizations, and Transportation works with all groups to set policies on how permits are reissued.”
When the doors opened at 8:30 a.m. Monday, many people had already been waiting for more than 12 hours. Parking spots were available in every USC lot, including Parking Structures X and D, as well as off-I see Parking, page 6 I
Transportation Services had about 700 parking permits to reissue, about 400 of which were online orders that were canceled. The rest were spaces that department officials noticed were not being used
New Bible study provides linking to South Asia
Group: Students with common background can discuss gospel through similar views
By ELIZABETH BR0THERT0N.
Staff Writer
Anew Bible study has formed on campus intended to reach out to Christian students of South Asian descent.
“Vishwasa” held its introductory meeting Thursday night. The group is being sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a larger multiethnic group on campus that also sponsors similar Bible studies on campus throughout the week.
The goal of the Bible study is to provide a place for South Asian students to meet and discuss how their background allows them to see the gospel differently, said Natasha Thapar, a senior majoring in psychology.
“I think there are issues for Southeast Asians and issues in the word that are different from people of other ethnicities,” Thapar said.
“(The Bible study) is just sort of how our lives are different”
A specific Bible passage will be discussed each week, as well as any other issues that are addressed by the group, said Jerome Mammen, a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and head of the Bible study.
Another intention of the group is to give other South Asian students who might not be aware of the Bible’s
I see Religion, page 10 I
&
RELIGION & ETHICS ♦
“I think there are issuesfor Southeast Asians and issues in the word that are different from people of other ethnicities.” —♦— NATASHA THAPAR senior psychology
Crystal Lauderdale I Daily Trojan
Waiting hopefuls. Surrounded by her camping gear, Crystal Tannehill, a senior majoring in communication, fills out an application for a parking pass while gazing at the long line of students outside Transportation Services.
Course on Sept. 11 examines reason, result
Brandon Behle I Daily Trojan
Words of history. Students in Anthropology 240, Collective Identity and Political Violence: Representing Sept. 11, are focusing on a variety of literature concerning the Sept. 11 attacks.
Academics: Inspiration for class comes from comics’ materials, professor says
By AMIE PATEL
Contributing Writer
Now that nearly a year has passed, how has America recovered from the attacks of Sept 11?
USC’s anthropology and American studies departments look to answer that question and many more with their popular — and full
— new course, Anthropelogy 240, Collective Identity and Political Violence: Representing Sept 11.
The class examines how Americans read visual, textual and aura! portrayals of the Sept. 11 attacks. It incorporates ethnographic and theoretical videos and a series of guest speakers who comment on topics related to the terrorist attacks.
“The course examines the political implications of representing culture, with the Sept 11 terrorist attacks serving as, a topical anchor,” said Lanita Jacobs-Huey, assistant professor of anthropology and the course’s teacher.
Hearing black comics talk about the Sept 11 attacks helped inspire her to create the course, she said.
“Just weeks after the terrorist attacks, these comics were able to find humor in the ironic and fortuitous outcomes of the terrorist attacks,” Jacobs-Huey said. “Their commentaries can certainly be understood within the tradition of black/urban standup commentary as a form of sociopolitical critique.”
The jokes were also another narrative — a counternarrative — reflecting the different ways Americans were responding to Sept
11, she said.
I see Course, page 10 I

Should the Guilty Die?
Opposing perspectives on death penalty as convicted killer of 10-year-old girl awaits sentence of life or death / 4
DM TROJAN
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
TUESDAY
------♦------
September 10, 2002
Of interest...
Cheap coffee and stellar bands help prepare GroundZero Coffeehouse for new season / 7
News Digest 2 Opinions 4
Roundup 6 Lifestyle 7
The Buzz 7 Classifieds 12
Crossword 13 Sports 16
vol. CXLVII, no. 10 www.dailytrojan.com
Not exactly Tlcketmaster: camping out for parking
7 slept here and thought it was the worst thing ever, but now it ’s the best because I don't have to park on the street anymore.
It's like Christmas"
JULIA BARON freshman business administration
Transportation: Several arrived as early as 7p.m. Sunday to beat the rush for permits in structures, lots
By REBECCA TEGAN
Contributing Writer
While most people were nestled snugly in their beds Sunday night, hundreds of their fellow Trojans camped out in front of the Transportation Services office in hopes of receiving one of the coveted parking permits still available.
Students, faculty and staff arrived as early as 7 p.m. Sunday to get one of about 700 spots being reissued. Despite sleeping on the sidewalk all night, many were elated to get permits.
"1 slept here and thought it was the worst thing ever, but now it's the best because I don’t have to park on
the street anymore,” said Julia Baron, who arrived at 10 p.m. Sunday and is a freshman majoring in business administration. “It’s like Christmas.” About 400 of the 700 are from canceled permits ordered online and never claimed. The rest are spots Transportation Services officials noticed during routine patrol that were not being used.
“This is the quickest and fairest option for reissuing permits to everyone,” said Brian d’Autremont, director of Transportation Services. “This method is supported by all campus groups and organizations, and Transportation works with all groups to set policies on how permits are reissued.”
When the doors opened at 8:30 a.m. Monday, many people had already been waiting for more than 12 hours. Parking spots were available in every USC lot, including Parking Structures X and D, as well as off-I see Parking, page 6 I
Transportation Services had about 700 parking permits to reissue, about 400 of which were online orders that were canceled. The rest were spaces that department officials noticed were not being used
New Bible study provides linking to South Asia
Group: Students with common background can discuss gospel through similar views
By ELIZABETH BR0THERT0N.
Staff Writer
Anew Bible study has formed on campus intended to reach out to Christian students of South Asian descent.
“Vishwasa” held its introductory meeting Thursday night. The group is being sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a larger multiethnic group on campus that also sponsors similar Bible studies on campus throughout the week.
The goal of the Bible study is to provide a place for South Asian students to meet and discuss how their background allows them to see the gospel differently, said Natasha Thapar, a senior majoring in psychology.
“I think there are issues for Southeast Asians and issues in the word that are different from people of other ethnicities,” Thapar said.
“(The Bible study) is just sort of how our lives are different”
A specific Bible passage will be discussed each week, as well as any other issues that are addressed by the group, said Jerome Mammen, a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and head of the Bible study.
Another intention of the group is to give other South Asian students who might not be aware of the Bible’s
I see Religion, page 10 I
&
RELIGION & ETHICS ♦
“I think there are issuesfor Southeast Asians and issues in the word that are different from people of other ethnicities.” —♦— NATASHA THAPAR senior psychology
Crystal Lauderdale I Daily Trojan
Waiting hopefuls. Surrounded by her camping gear, Crystal Tannehill, a senior majoring in communication, fills out an application for a parking pass while gazing at the long line of students outside Transportation Services.
Course on Sept. 11 examines reason, result
Brandon Behle I Daily Trojan
Words of history. Students in Anthropology 240, Collective Identity and Political Violence: Representing Sept. 11, are focusing on a variety of literature concerning the Sept. 11 attacks.
Academics: Inspiration for class comes from comics’ materials, professor says
By AMIE PATEL
Contributing Writer
Now that nearly a year has passed, how has America recovered from the attacks of Sept 11?
USC’s anthropology and American studies departments look to answer that question and many more with their popular — and full
— new course, Anthropelogy 240, Collective Identity and Political Violence: Representing Sept 11.
The class examines how Americans read visual, textual and aura! portrayals of the Sept. 11 attacks. It incorporates ethnographic and theoretical videos and a series of guest speakers who comment on topics related to the terrorist attacks.
“The course examines the political implications of representing culture, with the Sept 11 terrorist attacks serving as, a topical anchor,” said Lanita Jacobs-Huey, assistant professor of anthropology and the course’s teacher.
Hearing black comics talk about the Sept 11 attacks helped inspire her to create the course, she said.
“Just weeks after the terrorist attacks, these comics were able to find humor in the ironic and fortuitous outcomes of the terrorist attacks,” Jacobs-Huey said. “Their commentaries can certainly be understood within the tradition of black/urban standup commentary as a form of sociopolitical critique.”
The jokes were also another narrative — a counternarrative — reflecting the different ways Americans were responding to Sept
11, she said.
I see Course, page 10 I